one way hash does NOT mean use once. it means once encrypted, there's
no way to decrypt it,
and we compare the hashed passwords instead of comparing the real
passwords. passwords cannot be retrieved, they can only be replaced.
--
Hong Wu
Senior Web Developer
DoubleSpace
Robert Everland wrote:
>
> Why even bother storing a password in a one way hash if it's only gonna be
> used one time?
>
> Robert Everland III
> Web Developer
> Dixon Ticonderoga
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 2:32 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: Storing passwords in database as one way hash
>
> > anybody know of anything that does such?
> > I am looking for pretty much the same functionality as a standard
> > *NIX login
>
> Look up the function Hash(). I think it was introduced in CF 4.5.
> Actually, I just looks at the online cfdocs and don't see it in there, but
> it is... maybe introduced in 4.5.1?
>
> There's also a CFX_HASH in the tag gallery that give many more options of
> hash types.
>
> -Cameron
>
> --------------------
> Cameron Childress
> ElliptIQ Inc.
> p.770.460.7277.232
> f.770.460.0963
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